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Records of the Naval Aide to the President (Truman Administration)
State Department Briefs Files
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Vyshinsky, Andrey Yanuaryevich, 1883-1954
Nehru, Jawaharlal, 1889-1964
Murphy, Robert D. (Robert Daniel), 1894-1978
Kirk, Alan Goodrich, 1888-1963
Gross, Ernest A. (Ernest Arnold), 1906-1999
Gromyko, Andrei Andreevich, 1909-
Bajpai, Girija Shankar, 1891-1954
Acheson, Dean, 1893-1971
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
WASHINGTON
DECLASSIFIED,
January 17, 1950
E.O. Guidelines, March 5-10-85 6, 1982
12065, Sec. 3-402
S ICALI
State By PEB Dept. NLT, Date
SUMMARY OF TELEGRAMS
KASHMIR
Replying to Secretary Acheson's message urging an
amicable settlement of the Kashmir dispute, Indian
Prime Minister Nehru --- acting through Secretary General for
External Affairs Bajpai, now in New York -- has indicated that he
considers Secretary Acheson's message "unfriendly in tone" and
"seeking to bring pressure under threat of consequences" on the
Indian government. Nehru's reply, read by Bajpai to Ambassador
Gross in New York, states that: 1) the present approach could
lead to "further deterioration" of the Kashmir dispute; 2) India
does not consider that further negotiations at Lake Success could
make significant progress; and 3) it is a matter of great "personal
regret" to Nehru that the Secretary should send him such a message.
After Gross expounded the US views, Bajpai informed him in reply to
a question that, while Bajpai has no explicit instructions on the
point, he agrees with Gross that India has "flatly rejected" further
mediation efforts on the part of Canadian UN representative
McNaughton. Bajpai added his personal view that there would be some
advantages to the US taking up the matter through Embassy New Delhi.
Gross believes, however, that the transfer to New Delhi of these
negotiations would neutralize the influence of the Security Council,
and he recommends that we continue to work through the SC.
BELGIUM
At a recent luncheon given in response to the US
demonstrations of generosity toward Europe, Ambassador
Murphy in Brussels was impressed by the free criticism of the manner
in which our generosity is being applied. Murphy reports that the
Belgian OEEC representative was lukewarm to our proposal that Spaak
be appointed to a position of importance in the OEEC; that complaints
were registered at the inability of ECA to give Belgium technical
assistance; and that chagrin was expressed at the Eximbank's refusal
of Belgium's application for a $50 million loan.
AUSTRIA
Ambassador Kirk in Moscow has been informed that Vyshinski
cannot receive the three western ambassadors- -- who wish
to state the western objections to Soviet delaying tactics on the
Austrian treaty -- but that Deputy Foreign Minister Gromyko would
receive them. Kirk does not plan to accept the appointment to see
Gromyko, which he believes might lead to further stalling, and he has
indicted to the Soviet government that he will wait for an appoint-
ment with Vyshinski.